Display rack



INVENTOR J0/7/7 F: {f/re/ BY I I ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 13, 1931 UNITEDSTATES JOHN F. HUGKEL, or KANsAsoI'rYpivnsso Rr DISPLAY Rack Applicationfiled November 15,1929. :Seria1;No. ;40 7,'5 14.'-

interest of regular customers, and make way.

for current issues of periodicals or new items of merchandise; theprincipal ob]ect of the invent-ion being to attractively display theupper ,fo'rwa'rd corners of each ofthe cabinet .1 articles offered forsale, and-provide ad- I justability for adapting the cabinet forarticlesof different sizes or characteristics.

in accomplishing this object, I have provided improved details ofstructure, the preferred form ofwhich is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a display cabinet embodying myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the cabinet.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse vertical section of the upper portionof the cabinet,

. panel FfQIjIjeta'ining a glass pane 26fb'earing particularlyillustrating the illuminating elements. 7

Fig. 4.- is a similar view of the lower portion of the cabinet,particularly illustrating the adjustability of the cabinet.

Referring in detail to the drawings:

1 and 2 designate end members, 3 the back, 4 the horizontal bottom, 5 anintermediate horizontal partition, and 6 the. top member of a displaycabinethaving an open front through which articles maybe positioned fordisplay, removed for sale, and readily 0b- 5 served by prospectivecustomers.

Located in the lower portion ofthecabinet is a rack 7, including a backboard having a rounded lower edge adapted to'seat in any of thelongitudinal retaining grooves 8 in the spaces 13 for a rod 14 that isattached to the, end members 1 and 2, and adapted for sup- 5 porting theupper endof the rack in any of upper face of the bottom member 4., andoflt described. i I v we v .Located infthe upperfportioii of the cabinet.and supp0'1 t ed 'on the horizontal partition ,5: are. shelves,'1,5j1'6, etc, of dilie'rent depths to provide stepped supports'forbooks or= other articles whichvare to be I displayedjt'or sale.

I8 and .19 1 designate lamps located in the compartments, mam-41"reflectors for lillaminating. the cabinet in fro'nt'of the respec- Ltive racks to enhance the appearance of the .displayand facilitate thereading. oftitles or. other lmatter on the articles displayed injthecabinet; the reflectors beingprefer'ably c'omposed! of sheet metalhavingfianges23 at their upper forward ledges, and attached to depending signpanel's'22lc )y screws 24 which extendjthroughthefianges23.

Eachof the panels 22 include s a sight awnin r ou by... a. fl ge 1 f[the matter descriptive of-the merchandiseinthe cabinet, and flocated in[front of the lamps 8-;19 so' .th.atthe mat ter maybe easily, read,Ifroml'the front of the cabinet.

incli'i'iedrack.

A cabinet embodying my improvements may be located in a storeroom, thewaiting room of arailway station, or other place where books, magazinesor other articles of merchandise are oifered for sale, and the articlesplaced on the, offset tiers of the racks in the upper and lowercompartments of the cabinet so that they may be'readilyobserved andattract the attention and interest of prospective customers.

\Vhile articles of certain sizes or characteristics are moreattractively displayed in the lower cabinet when the rack is at a givenangle,,others may be more attractively display ed with the rack at adifferent angle. Consequently, Ihave provided the adjustment describedand illustrated, whereby the rack may be set inone of the transversegrooves on the bottom member 4, and the angle varied by lifting the rackso that it Will slide over its supporting rod to be seated in one of theother longitudinal grooves, the illumination from the lamps in the upperforward corner of the lower compartment being eifective at any of theadjusted positions of the rack, and the rack being supported securely atthe top by the angle supporting rod regardless of the angle to which therack is adjusted.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a display cabinet, a housing including a bottom member havingspaced seats, stop means in the cabinet, and a rack including supportingbacks in a common inclined plane but in offset relation to each other,and lateral supporting shelves connecting said backs, said rack beingadapted for selective location in said seats and for leaning support onsaid stop means.

2. In a display cabinet,- a housing including a bottom member havingspaced seats, stop means in the cabinet, a rack adapted for selectivelocation in said seats and for leaning support on said stop means, and abracket on the rear face of the rack loosely anchoring the rack to saidstop means.

3. In a display cabinet, a housing including end Walls, and a bottommember having spaced seats, transverse stop means secured to the endwalls, a rack adapted for selective location in said seats and forleaning support on the stop means, and keeper means on the rackembracing said stop means to anchor the rack.

4. In a display cabinet, a housing including end Walls, and a bottommember having spaced grooves in its upper face, a rack having a freelower edge adapted for selective location in said grooves, an elongatedbracket on the upper end of the rack, and stop means on the end Wallsextended into said bracket and providing sliding support for said rack.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN F. HUCKEL.

